Low Glycemic Chart
Acupuncture and diet for weight control
A new Danish study suggests that eating more protein and fewer refined carbohydrates will help you with weight control.
Based on the findings consuming low glycemic index foods were the best for weight control.
What does low glycemic mean?
The low-glycemic index carbohydrates, are foods such as whole-grain breads. Foods with a low GI cause blood sugar levels to increase more slowly, explained Dr. Thomas Meinert Larsen, a co-author of the study, published in the Nov. 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
What is it about a high-protein, low-glycemic index carbohydrate diet that keeps weight under control? “Possibly a stronger satiating effect and more balanced blood sugar regulation,” Larsen hypothesized.
With his colleagues, Larsen evaluated 938 adults with an average body-mass ndex (BMI) of 34, which is considered obese.
How effective is low glycemic index food diets?
During the weight-loss period of the study, eight weeks, participants lost an average of 24 pounds.
After six months those who completed the program had an average weight regain of 1.2 pounds. Those in the low-protein/high-GI group showed the worst results, the researchers found, with a weight gain averaging 3.6 pounds. Those on the low- GI diet had an average weight regain of 2 pounds less than those on the high-GI diet.
Larsen said. “Our new data, based on the largest randomized study on this topic ever, shows that, indeed, GI is of importance.”
What is a low glycemic index diet?
An example of a low GI diet like that used in the study consists of a Breakfast of natural, unflavored yogurt low in fat and fairly high in protein, with muesli, whole-grain crisp bread with low-fat cheese and and an orange. Vegetable sticks and low-fat cheese sticks for a snack.
Lunch of whole-grain rye bread with lean meat or chicken cold cuts, mackerel in tomato sauce and vegetables
Whole-grain rye bread with low-fat liver pate and cucumber for a snack.
Dinner of stir-fried turkey with vegetable and whole-grain pasta; avocado salad with feta cheese and sugar peas
“These newer approaches may be more effective than conventional approaches n weight maintenance,”
Alternative therapies work for weight control!
For years holistic physicians like myself have been proclaiming the benefits of low GI diets. It is wonderfulbto see such a large study support this.
Can Other Therapies Help You?
You better believe it! When you combine acupuncture or acupressure, self hypnosis and neuroprogramming you greatly enhance your likelihood of success in weight loss and weight control.
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